2 d. ago Nigel Farage meets Donald Trump in the Oval Office after hitting out at Keir Starmer's 'awful, authoritarian' UK over civil liberties

Nigel Farage has met with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office shortly after lambasting Sir Keir Starmer's online safety laws as 'awful' and 'authoritarian.'

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3 d. ago Nigel Farage compares Britain to North Korea in 'free speech' warning to US politicians in Washington

The Reform UK leader told US lawmakers the Online Safety Act is a danger to trade between the two countries

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3 d. ago Nigel Farage called out in US for 'backing free speech' while banning journalists

Farage is in the states arguing Britain's online safety laws are an attack on free speech, while his own party has banned journalists from covering them

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4 d. ago Family of worker who died while building Vegas F1 stands files lawsuit after saw didn’t have ‘safety stop’

Tizoc Antonio was only a few hours into his first day on the job when he was killed

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5 d. ago Nigel Farage 'should face MPs probe' instead of flying to US to meet Donald Trump chums

The Reform UK leader will spend the first two sitting days after MPs return from the Summer break in Washington, doubling down on his crusade against migrants and arguing against Britain's online safety laws

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1 week ago Elon Musk’s Doge put sensitive social security data at risk, whistleblower says

SSA official alleges that Doge staff uploaded personal data of hundreds of millions of Americans to vulnerable cloud serverUS politics live – latest updatesElon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) copied and uploaded sensitive Social Security Administration (SSA) data to a vulnerable cloud server, potentially risking the safety of hundreds of millions of Americans and violating federal privacy laws, according to a whistleblower complaint filed on Tuesday.The complaint from Charles Borges, the chief data officer at the SSA, alleges that Doge staffers effectively created a live copy of the entire country’s social security data from its numerical identification system database. The information is a goldmine for bad actors, the complaint alleges, and was placed on a server without independent oversight that only Doge officials could access. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Apply safety rules to more trains carrying flammable cargo, lawmakers urge

Federal safety investigators and some members of Congress want to expand special safety rules that apply to trains carrying flammable material to many more trains, saying the risk to many U.S. communities is far greater than currently known

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2 w. ago JOHN MURDOCH'S DRIVE TIME: We try out Audi's classy Q5 SUV and look at why GEM is backing eye tests for drivers of all ages

The Audi Q5 is a good example of a premium SUV that is comfortable, roomy, loaded with technology and is very refined and still powered by ICE units.

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2 w. ago Parents of kids swept away in Texas floods beg lawmakers to protect future campers

Parents of the 27 campers and counselors killed when floodwaters rushed through a girl's summer camp in the Texas Hill Country pleaded with lawmakers Wednesday to pass a bill that would boost camp safety

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2 w. ago £100,000 fine for North Lanarkshire company after steam cleaning accident

Dundas Chemical Company admitted a breach of health and safety laws that resulted in severe injury and permanent scarring to an employee.

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3 w. ago Labour accuse Farage of wanting a 'Wild West' internet over 'dangerous and irresponsible' plans to scrap online safety laws

Home Office Minister Jess Phillips claimed that Mr Farage was 'risking the safety of women and girls with his dangerous and irresponsible plans' to scrap the existing legislation.

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3 w. ago Could Labour ban VPNs after users dodge online protection laws?

Some internet users have raised concerns that stricter online safety laws could include VPNs in the future

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3 w. ago Peter Kyle launches fresh 'single word' attack on Nigel Farage after Jimmy Savile row

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has said Nigel Farage has not said “one single word” about how he’ll protect kids online after vowing to rip up the UK’s online safety laws

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3 w. ago An Uber ride that should’ve taken 23 minutes became a nightmare — and she’s not alone: Incidents every 8 minutes

More than 400,000 Uber trips in the U.S. from 2017 through 2022 resulted in reports of sexual assault and sexual misconduct, documents show

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3 w. ago An Uber ride that should’ve taken 23 minutes became a nightmare — and she’s not alone: ‘Attacks every 8 minutes’

More than 400,000 Uber trips in the U.S. from 2017 through 2022 resulted in reports of sexual assault and sexual misconduct, documents show

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3 w. ago Drink drive limit changes and eye tests for drivers part of 'overdue' radical plans

Proposals also include tougher penalties for those caught uninsured and failing to wear a seatbelt as motoring organisations said the plans are "a step in the right direction"

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3 w. ago Drivers over 70 face eye tests every three years in plans to overhaul UK road safety laws

Number of older motorists involved in serious or fatal collisions increased by 47% since 2010

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3 w. ago Drivers older than 70 will be forced to take eye tests every three years and banned if they fail, under new motoring law

The radical proposals could also see the the drink-drive limit in England in Wales lowered from 35mg of alcohol per 100ml of breath to 22mg per 100ml, as it is in Scotland.

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4 w. ago The UK's Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit | Taylor Lorenz

From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move Over the past two weeks, the UK has reportedly blocked internet users’ access to everything from SpongeBob SquarePants gifs to Spotify playlists. Information about Joe Biden’s police funding plan has been restricted, along with a post about an up-and-coming political party. Gamers say they have been unable to tweak colours in games such as Minecraft. And it’s all because of a new age verification law.Since the child safety provisions contained within the Online Safety Act came into effect on 25 July, web service providers have been forced to institute “highly effective” age verification measures to prevent children from accessing “harmful” or “adult” content. The penalty for failing to adequately comply with the act includes hefty fines and potential criminal action.Taylor Lorenz is a technology journalist who writes the newsletter User Mag and is the author of the...

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